clean slate (spiritual practice)
request: leaving behind what you thought you knew and starting afresh.
By request
"focusing on form is de-energizing"
Request: Doc, from Realizing the Root of Consciousness: Meditative and Contemplative Techniques Jun 2002 (part 1/3, 1:35:44).
the payoff of an experience is the experience itself
This largely explains ego payoffs.
soft-heartedness
Request: is being sensitive to others’ and one’s own emotions a natural, loving thing?
victim pardigm
Request: We know that the victim paradigm is under 200, but what does it have most to do with?
holy
associated with a divine power; sacred -- American Heritage Dictionary.
relax and let God handle it
Request: This seems to be a powerful posture of surrender that ultimately gives over responsibility to God which allows one to finally let go and relax. It is in God's hands so you can relax in that certainty.
placing political signs in yard
Request: Trump/Vance, Harris/Waltz etc. Seems to be rooted in pride and likely not effective in persuading people to vote a certain way. Curious if it’s worth doing or better avoided.
Coldplay
"With over 100 million albums sold worldwide, Coldplay are one of the best-selling music acts of all time. They are also the first group in Spotify history to reach 90 million monthly listeners" -- wikipedia.
Medicine Buddha mantra (video)
To eliminate not only pain of diseases but also help in overcoming the major inner sickness of attachment, hatred, jealousy, desire, greed and ignorance. Mantra chanted by Khenpo Pema Chopel Rinpoche from the CD 'The Blessing from H.H. Penor Rinpoche for World Peace' -- video.
green tea
The beverage.
bipolar disorder
Request: According to Doc an genetic disease from which 1-3% of the population suffer.
Am I Racist? (2024 documentary)
Request: My partner wanted to watch this for a while. We finally did. I had mixed feelings. Some things made sense - seemed he shed a light on fallacies and victim hood. Other times it felt forced or directed into the way he wanted. Curious what is calibrated at. I’m guessing 190?
The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran
a book of 26 prose poetry fables written in English by the Lebanese-American poet -- wikipedia.
deciding not to be a victim
opting out of the victim/perpetrator model.